NATIONAL UNION OF VEHICLE BUILDERS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/3289
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: NATIONAL UNION OF VEHICLE BUILDERS
Date(s)	: 1930-1980
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 1.37 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: National Union of Vehicle Builders | London District Committee

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The National Union of Vehicle Builders was founded in 1919 on the merger of several smaller societies such as the London and Provincial Coachmakers' Society and the United Kingdom Society of Coachmakers. It represented the manufacturers of coaches and cars, and related trades such as smiths and wheelwrights. The union merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1972.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Minutes and papers of the London District Committee of the National Union of Vehicle Builders.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

ACC/3289/001-016: Minutes; ACC/3289/017-018: Papers.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

These are the records of the London District Committee originally held at the Communist Party Archives.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in November 1993.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The main archive of the National Union of Vehicle Builders is held as part of the archive of the Transport and General Workers' Union at the Modern Records Centre, Warwick, reference MSS.126/VB.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
June to August 2010.